Well, on paper, the premise doesn’t sound like something that will stay very interesting or can be sustained for a whole series (maybe a mini, or movie), but that remains to be seen, of course. I think I’ll watch the first episode, for sure.

Oh my Gosh, this was one of the best pilots I’ve ever seen. Everything about it was brilliant. The acting, the chemistry, the direction, the writing etc were absolutely amazing. Ruth Wilson was the MVP. If she gets nominated anywhere, she’s winning. She kills it! Anyone who is having their doubts just needs to watch the pilot… It’s not like the trailer at all.

Anybody who is dismissing the show just because the premise sounds lame, or the trailer is lame, you have to at least watch the pilot. I agree that the show seems kind of bland on the surface, but, what you know is limited so as not to spoil everything. There is a lot more going on here, trust me!

Can we talk about how there has not been a large amount of press for this show? And in say a magazine ad the poster just says “The Affair” and shows the two leads in the water, and it doesn’t really explain a lot about the plot. Is Showtime hopeing that by just being after Homeland it will do well enough?

And Regina deserved to get snubbed for that elevator ditty. Don’t see this one getting a nod either. It’s a bit too strange, though I’d be pleasantly surprised. It’s certainly memorable.

The pilot was close to what I expected. I don’t really know what to think about it. It was interesting. But it was too incomplete to judge on its own. There were some very cliche “dark, moody, sexy cable drama” markings that need to be buffered in the future, including a surprise ending that wasn’t really a surprise. Wilson ( who looks distractingly like Debra Winger) was the obvious standout. West left me less certain, though there’s not much to his character in the pilot. I’ll commit to a couple more installments.